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The '''Omega-X advanced destroyer''' was a experimental class of destroyer developed during the [[Earth Alliance Civil War]], based on the Omega class destroyer design and using [[Shadow]] technology.
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The '''Advanced Omega class destroyer''' was an experimental class of [[Earthforce]] starship incorporating [[Shadow]] [[Shadow Technology|technology]] adapted from [[Shadow Vessel|vessels]] previously [[Syria Planum Incident|excavated]] on [[Mars]] and [[Ganymede]].<ref name="BDL">[[Between the Darkness and the Light]]</ref>
   
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==Overview==
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Based on the existing {{Omega}}, the Advanced Destroyers retained much of the Omega's basic configuration including the aft engines, rotating section and forward launch/docking bay. In addition to an upgraded weapons system, there was augmented semi-organic hull technology, in the shape of a number of spine-like structures on both the forward and aft hull and an organic skin characteristic of Shadow Vessels.<ref name="BDL" />
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This revolutionary vessel was fitted with state of the art weapons and Shadow bio-armor developed from Shadow vessels found on [[Mars]] and [[Ganymede]]. They were the most devastating war machines produced in Earth history, but all the prototypes were destroyed during the Earth civil war by the [[White Star]] fleet, and no new destroyers were known to be produced.
  
   
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Developed in secret, a small fleet of Advanced Destroyers, with at least six units, was deployed in late [[2261]] toward the end of the [[Earth Alliance Civil War]]. Under the command of [[Captain]] [[J. Thompson]], the fleet was sent to ambush the renegade fleet with the intent of wiping out the Earth ships that had defected to the [[Earth Alliance Resistance|Resistance]]. With the fleet crippled and [[Sheridan]] captured on [[Mars]], this would have left the advancing fleet made up of mostly alien ships and enabled [[EA President]] [[Morgan Clark|Clark]] to claim the campaign was an alien driven invasion and not an Earthforce insurrection.
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Their crews were said to be all loyal to Clark's new order, and than they wouldn't defect or surrender.
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*[[Babylon 5 Technical Manual]]
  
   
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[[Image:OmegaX 01.jpg|thumb|left|A fleet of Advanced Destroyers in Sector 300]]
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Acting on intelligence passed from moles planted within the resistance, the fleet lay in wait in [[hyperspace]] in [[Sectors of Known Space#Sector 300|Sector 300]]. However, the resistance leadership had been alerted to the plan by an Alliance officer captured in a previous battle, and the Advanced Destroyer group was instead [[Battle of Sector 300|confronted]] with a fleet of [[White Star class|White Stars]] led by [[Commander]] [[Ivanova]]'s flagship [[White Star 2]]. Though they inflicted heavy losses on the White Stars, the Advanced Destroyers were wiped out, clearing the way for the rest of the fleet to proceed unchallenged all the way to [[Mars]].
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Far from being the only Shadow-based starships produced by Earthforce, several more radical (and unstable) [[Shadow Hybrid|prototypes]] had already been in operation as early as [[2259]] and the new [[Warlock class destroyer]]s also had an unknown Shadow component buried somewhere in the computer control system.<ref name="BDL" /><ref>[[The Path of Sorrows]]</ref><ref>[[To the Ends of The Earth]]</ref><ref>[[The End of the Line]]</ref><ref>[[Hidden Agendas]]</ref>
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<small>{{Reflist|2}}</small>
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Latest revision as of 19:20, 25 October 2020

The Advanced Omega class destroyer was an experimental class of Earthforce starship incorporating Shadow technology adapted from vessels previously excavated on Mars and Ganymede.[2]

Overview[]

Based on the existing Omega-class destroyer, the Advanced Destroyers retained much of the Omega's basic configuration including the aft engines, rotating section and forward launch/docking bay. In addition to an upgraded weapons system, there was augmented semi-organic hull technology, in the shape of a number of spine-like structures on both the forward and aft hull and an organic skin characteristic of Shadow Vessels.[2]

History[]

Developed in secret, a small fleet of Advanced Destroyers, with at least six units, was deployed in late 2261 toward the end of the Earth Alliance Civil War. Under the command of Captain J. Thompson, the fleet was sent to ambush the renegade fleet with the intent of wiping out the Earth ships that had defected to the Resistance. With the fleet crippled and Sheridan captured on Mars, this would have left the advancing fleet made up of mostly alien ships and enabled EA President Clark to claim the campaign was an alien driven invasion and not an Earthforce insurrection.

Their crews were said to be all loyal to Clark's new order, and than they wouldn't defect or surrender.

OmegaX 01

A fleet of Advanced Destroyers in Sector 300

Acting on intelligence passed from moles planted within the resistance, the fleet lay in wait in hyperspace in Sector 300. However, the resistance leadership had been alerted to the plan by an Alliance officer captured in a previous battle, and the Advanced Destroyer group was instead confronted with a fleet of White Stars led by Commander Ivanova's flagship White Star 2. Though they inflicted heavy losses on the White Stars, the Advanced Destroyers were wiped out, clearing the way for the rest of the fleet to proceed unchallenged all the way to Mars.

Far from being the only Shadow-based starships produced by Earthforce, several more radical (and unstable) prototypes had already been in operation as early as 2259 and the new Warlock class destroyers also had an unknown Shadow component buried somewhere in the computer control system.[2][3][4][5][6]

References[]

  1. ↑ Based on the size of the Omega class destroyer
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Between the Darkness and the Light
  3. ↑ The Path of Sorrows
  4. ↑ To the Ends of The Earth
  5. ↑ The End of the Line
  6. ↑ Hidden Agendas


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